About Denys Fisher ToysThe year was 1965, and english inventor Denys Fisher introduced the Spirograph to the world. This toy let kids draw amazing delicate patterns by tracing the path of a gear rolling inside another.The Spirograph was dubbed EToy of the Yeare in 1967, and was quickly acquired by Kenner.
Denys Fisher also released a number of Mego toys under the Fisher name
In 1977, Denys Fisher toys produced a whole range of Action Man-sized Dr Who dolls, including a TARDIS playset. The Tardis, Dr Who's time machine, had a trick mechanism inside which made the figure placed inside it disappear (actually hidden behind the rotating middle column).

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About Denys FisherDenys Fisher (11 May 1918, Leeds, England – 17 September 2002, Barrow-in-Furness, England) was an English engineer who invented the spirograph toy.

He left Leeds University to join the family firm, Kingfisher (Lubrication) Ltd. In 1960 he left the firm to set up his own company, Denys Fisher Engineering, in Leeds. In 1961 the company won a contract with NATO to supply springs and precision component for its 20 mm cannon. Between 1962 and 1964 he developed various drawing machines from Meccano pieces, eventually producing a prototype Spirograph. Patented in 16 countries, it went on sale in Schofields department store in Leeds in 1965. A year later, Fisher licensed Spirograph to Kenner Products in the United States. In 1967 Spirograph was chosen as the UK Toy of the Year.

In 1970, Fisher sold his company, which, as Denys Fisher Toys, produced other toys and board games to Palitoy, which was subsequently bought by Hasbro. Through the 1980s & 1990's he continued to work with Hasbro in developing new toys and refining Spirograph.